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315 S 59th St

11,620 sqft · RM1 · built 1930

Place of worship · 59th Street Baptist · fully tax-exempt (2026 OPA). On the 300 block of S 59th St.

Property summary

Assessment$628,5002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $628,500 Last sale—No sale value available Est. tax bill$0/year2026 OPA · full assessment exemption shown Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable Permits7Dated events in report Violations0 openNo historical match in fetched records

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$0/year

2026 taxable assessment $0 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

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OPA 774444010
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Exemption classificationFull assessment exemption shown

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Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

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The property record, over time

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Assessment history · all dated City records marked on the line

$0$500K$1.0M2016 OPA assessment: $590K2017 OPA assessment: $590K2018 OPA assessment: $629K2019 OPA assessment: $629K2020 OPA assessment: $629K2021 OPA assessment: $629K2022 OPA assessment: $629K2023 OPA assessment: $629K2024 OPA assessment: $629K2025 OPA assessment: $629K2026 OPA assessment: $629K2027 OPA assessment: $629K2009 — 2009-01-28: Zoning board appeal2011 — 2011-05-18: RB_LIRB$629K2009201220152018202120242027
This propertyAppeal
2011-05-18: RB_LIRB
Every dated record2 events · scroll to browse
  1. AppealRB_LIRB
  2. AppealZoning board appeal
Not a houseProperty report

This is a place of worship, not a home, and OPA shows a full or near-full assessment exemption whose basis must be verified. A $0 assessment-based tax estimate does not prove the live Tax Center account has no prior-period balance or other charges. Homeowner investment tools are hidden; the assembled public-source record remains below.

What it is
Place of worship
Hse Worship All 2 Sty Mas
Owner
59th Street Baptist
Public / institutional
OPA tax treatment
Full assessment exemption shown
2026 OPA taxable assessment $0 · basis and live balance require separate verification
$ / sq ft
$54
below the $130 median for 12,035 commercial parcels citywide
Corridor
60th Street South
city commercial corridor
Assessed value
$628,500
2026 OPA · 2027: $628,500
Interior area
11,620 sqft
Lot size
14,000 sqft
Built
1930
Zoning
RM1

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  1. AppealRB_LIRB

    Appeal 13547 · OPEN · MOOT

    THE UNIT HAS BEEN IN USE AT THIS CHURCH FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS. RELOCATING THE UNIT WOULD CAUSE A SEVERE HARDSHIP TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH.

  2. AppealZoning board appeal

    Appeal 7733 · CLOSED · Granted

    PERMIT FOR THE RELOCATION OF LOT LINES TO CREATE ONE LOT FROM THREE LOTS, FOR THE ERECTION OF A THREE STORY STRUCTURE(MAXIMUM HEIGHT NTE 45 FEET 3 INCHES) WITH CELLAR, WITH TWO AWNINGS (NO SIGNAGE) ALL ACCESSORY TO AN EXISTING CHURCH, WITH

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Block context

315 S 59th St sits on the 300 block of S 59th St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 9, 2026, 1:01 PM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.

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